[WikiEN-l] Superusers?

[xaosflux]

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To the thread:

As far as the naming convention "superuser" agree super-user isn't
the best name, as it implies "root".  How's "editor at-large"; keeps
focus that these are editing related activities, but that these are
rights to benefit everyone.

As to what to bundle, accountcreator shouldn't be here--it's not
content related; while these are mostly content rights.

As to who requiring a 'crat to add this; it's not requried now-why
add more overhead?

Happy editing,

[[en:User:Xaosflux]]

(apol for top-posting, client is mad at me)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MuZemike" <muzemike at gmail.com>
To: <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:46 PM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Superusers?


>I was thinking, after the talk about
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandal_fighters which doesn't
> terribly look like it's going anywhere, why don't we possibly "bundle" a
> few of the other userrights into one, such as my proposal below:
>
> User right: "Superuser"
>
> Rights included: rollback, autopatrolled, reviewer, accountcreator
>
> As far as who would grant/revoke such a right, I would personally want
> bureaucrats to do that job, as that is their natural-given right as
> bureaucrats (to grant/revoke userrights). Some pros and cons that I 
> forsee:
>
> Pros: Consolidating userrights, increasing transparency for those are
> not wiki-experts, less stuff for sysops to do, less confusion
>
> Cons: Abuse of one of the tools like rollback (as with sysops), trend
> seems to be for "unbundling" rights instead of "bundling", updating
> those users who aren't around anymore, dispute on procedures to grant
> this (i.e. simple request, "requests for adminship"-type voting, etc.)
>
> I'm throwing this out here to see what people would think. Any thoughts?
>
> -MuZemike
>
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